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For the first time, the US Air Force has successfully recovered a reusable rocket sled traveling at hypersonic speed. The test in late March 2022 was part of the Air Force’s Hypersonic Sled Recovery (HSR) project and successfully brought a sled traveli… Continue reading Reusable hypersonic rocket sled recovered after Mach 5+ run
Back in 2020 we first heard about the Talon-A hypersonic aircraft, which would be released from the world’s largest airplane at an altitude of 35,000 ft (10,000 m). A test version of the Talon-A, called the TA-0, was unveiled this week.Continue Reading… Continue reading Stratolaunch unveils new test aircraft for hypersonic flight program
It was fourth time’s the charm as the US Air Force successfully launched its hypersonic AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) from a B-52H Stratofortress on May 14, 2022, off the coast of Southern California, following three failures.Conti… Continue reading US Air Force successfully flies hypersonic missile on fourth attempt
Rockets are expensive, complex, bad for the environment and prone to occasionally exploding – so alternative launch technologies are popping up to reduce their use. We wrote about SpinLaunch’s remarkable kinetic launch system earlier this week, which s… Continue reading Hypersonic space cannon promises 10 minutes from ground to orbit
DARPA, the US Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), Lockheed Martin, and Aerojet Rocketdyne have successfully conducted a second test flight of a Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) hypersonic missile, over an undisclosed location.Continue ReadingC… Continue reading Lockheed’s HAWC hypersonic missile makes successful test flight
Oxford spinoff First Light Fusion says its novel “projectile” approach offers “the fastest, simplest and cheapest route to commercial fusion power.” The company is now celebrating a significant breakthrough with its first confirmed fusion reaction.Cont… Continue reading Oxford spinoff demonstrates world-first hypersonic “projectile fusion”
The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) are planning to live-stream a rocket launch in Virginia tonight, running hypersonic tests on the Bolt II flight system at speeds up to Mach 6.Continue Readi… Continue reading Pivotal Bolt II hypersonic flight test will be live-streamed tonight
Described by his PR team as “like Russia’s Elon Musk,” serial entrepreneur Mikhail Korkorich says his new company Destinus is building a hydrogen-powered, zero-emissions, transcontinental cargo drone capable of hypersonic Mach 15 cruise speeds.Continue… Continue reading “Russia’s Elon Musk” is developing hypersonic rocket cargo planes
Aerospace startup Hermeus recently unveiled a full-size, partly-functional mock-up of its highly-streamlined, delta-winged Quarterhorse hypersonic aircraft before an invited audience of investors, military and government officials, and others.Continue … Continue reading Quarterhorse hypersonic mock-up goes public with live engine fire
If you were yearning to own a hypersonic missile, you’ve just missed your chance. In a live online sale on November 6, Auction Team Breker offered one of the four remaining CIAM-NASA Hypersonic Flying Laboratory (HFL) “Kholod” hypersonic test bed missi… Continue reading Cold War Russian hypersonic test missile sold at auction